Date: Sept. 18-19, 2015
First Serve: 7 p.m., 10 a.m., 5 p.m.
Location: Milwaukee, Wis.
Arena: Al McGuire Center
Free Audio: www.goshockers.com/watch
Talent: Mike Kennedy
Series: WSU leads Marquette 2-0; First Meeting vs. IUPUI; First Meeting vs. Albany

Shockers Travel to Wisconsin
Wichita State travels to Milwaukee, Wis., for the Marquette Invitational, Sept. 18-19. The Shockers will play host Marquette on Fri., Sept. 18 and take on IUPUI and Albany on Sept. 19.

On the Web
All of Wichita State's matches this weekend at the Marquette Invitational will be on the internet at www.goshockers.com/watch with Mike Kennedy calling the action.

Series History vs. Tourney Field
The Shockers are 2-0 all-time against the 2015 tourney field:
Marquette - 2-0
IUPUI - 0-0
Albany - 0-0

Scouting Marquette
The Golden Eagles are 6-3 overall with wins over North Dakota, Dayton, No. 21 Iowa State, Miami, Missouri State and Northern Colorado. Losses have come against Oral Roberts, Wyoming and No. 22 Kansas. As a team, MU is hitting .251 while opponents are hitting .210. They are led by Taylor Louis who averages 5.53 kills and 2.03 digs per set. The Golden Eagles are led by head coach Ryan Theis.

Last Meeting vs. MU
The last meeting between the two teams was Sept. 20, 1992 in Wichita. The Shockers won 3-0 by scores of 15-6, 15-11 and 15-13.

Scouting IUPUI
The Jaguars are 7-4 overall with wins over Little Rock, Ball State, Charlotte, West Virginia, Indiana State, Toledo and Youngstown State. Losses have come against No. 15 Kentucky, No. 19 Michigan State, Eastern Michigan and Illinois State. As a team, IUPUI is hitting .209 while opponents are hitting .237. They are led by Kaitlyn Hickey who is averaging 3.92 kills and 3.03 digs per set. The Jaguars are led by head coach Steve Payne.

Scouting Albany
The Great Danes are 5-4 overall with wins over Belmont, Oakland, Indiana State, Rutgers and Colgate. Losses have come against Ball State, New Mexico, Kent State and Yale. As a team, UA is hitting .191 while opponents are hitting .193. They are led by Shannon Hurley who is averaging 3.23 kills per set. The Great Danes are led by head coach MJ Engstrom.

WSU Receiving Votes
The Wichita State volleyball team is receiving votes in the September 14 AVCA Poll.
 The Shockers received 12 points in the poll after going 4-1 this past weekend with wins over South Dakota State, Northern Illinois, No. 21 Kentucky and Texas State. The Shockers also lost to No. 7 Illinois.

Shocks in the NCAA Stats
Wichita State is ranked in the top-75 nationally in several statistical categories. WSU is 36th in kills, 49th in service aces, 56th in digs and 62nd in hitting percentage. Individually, Emily Hiebert is 16th in assists and 55th in assists per set. Abbie Lehman is 30th in hitting percentage and Dani Mostrom is 63rd in digs.

WSU Ranked 17th in Attendance
Wichita State is ranked 17th nationally in average attendance. The Shockers are averaging 1,776 fans per match, while national leader Nebraska is averaging 8,089 fans per match.

Lehman Named Valley Player of the Week
Wichita State volleyball student-athlete Abbie Lehman has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 7-13. She also earned MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week honors as she has a 3.7 cumulative grade-point average in exercise science.
Lehman, a sophomore middle blocker from Newton, Kan., led the Shockers to a 4-1 record over the weekend at the Shocker Volleyball Classic and earned all-tournament team honors. She averaged 2.72 kills, 0.22 aces, 0.50 digs, 0.72 blocks and 3.31 points per set, while hitting .506.
In the three-set win over South Dakota State, she had a match-high 11 kills on 17 swings and hit .647. She also added one assist, two service aces, one dig and two blocks. In the four-set win over Northern Illinois, she had 12 kills on 21 swings and hit .571. She also had one assist, one service ace, four digs and one block. In the five-set win over No. 21 Kentucky, she had 10 kills on 23 swings and hit .261 with one dig and a team-high four blocks. In the three-set win over Texas State, she had a match-high 11 kills on 14 swings and hit .786 with one assist, one service ace, one dig and three blocks. In the three-set loss to No. 7 Illinois, she had five kills on 12 swings and hit .333 with two digs and three blocks.
It is the third MVC Player of the Week honor of her career.

Three Named to Shocker Volleyball Classic All-Tourney Team
Three Shockers earned all-tournament team honors over the weekend at the Shocker Volleyball Classic. Sophomore middle blocker Abbie Lehman averaged 2.72 kills, 0.22 aces, 0.50 digs and 0.72 blocks per set and hit .506 in five tournament matches. Senior right side hitter Katie Reilly averaged 3.06 kills, 0.17 aces, 0.78 digs and 0.33 blocks per set and hit .386, while sophomore setter Emily Hiebert averaged 1.11 kills, 10.78 assists, 0.33 aces, 2.06 digs and 0.56 blocks per set while hitting .400.

Reilly Heating Up
Senior right-side hitter Katie Reilly has come on strong over the last eight matches. She is averaging a team-best 2.79 kills per set during that stretch and hitting a team-best .393. She is also averaging 0.17 aces, 0.69 digs and 0.45 blocks per set. She totaled a career-high 19 kills against No. 21 Kentucky on Sept. 11 and has also had double-digit kills against New Mexico State, Northern Illinois and Texas State.

Win Over No. 21 Kentucky
Wichita State earned a thrilling five-set win over No. 21 Kentucky on Sept. 11. The Shockers trailed 9-4 in the fifth set and used a 6-1 run highlighted by two service aces from Emily Hiebert to tie the score at 10. A Jody Larson service ace gave the Shockers a 12-11 lead and WSU went on to win the set 15-12. It was the first win over a ranked team for the Shockers since 2012 when they defeated No. 20 Kansas to advance to the NCAA Regional Semifinals.

Home Opener
Wichita State opened up the home portion of the schedule on Thurs., Sept. 10 against South Dakota State. WSU is now 24-15-1 in home openers overall and 13-3 in home openers under head coach Chris Lamb.  The three losses were in 2001, 2004 and 2014.

Mostrom Passes 1,000 Digs
Junior libero Dani Mostrom recorded her 1,000th career dig on Aug. 29 at No. 18 Hawaii. She now has 1,131 career digs and is the 17th Shocker in school history to collect 1,000 digs.